Nature is a fundamental right of every New Yorker

Who We Are

Nature is a fundamental right of every New Yorker. NYRP partners with local communities, public agencies, and the private sector to acquire, create, maintain, and program public open spaces. Our sustained partnership with communities promotes strong social ties and collective action.

We aspire to expand our footprint and impact in all five boroughs to make a safer, healthier, and happier city.

What We Do

NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT (NYRP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming open space in under-resourced communities to create a greener, more sustainable New York City. Since our founding in 1995 by Bette Midler, NYRP has planted trees, renovated gardens, restored parks, and transformed open space for communities throughout New York City's five boroughs. As New York's only citywide conservancy, we bring private resources to spaces that lack municipal support, fortifying the City's aging infrastructure and creating a healthier environment for those who live in the most densely populated and least green neighborhoods.

Greening NYC

Unlike traditional conservancies that care for a specific place, NYRP is the only New York City conservancy that works citywide, bringing private resources to spaces that lack adequate municipal support. We are dedicated to the belief that all New Yorkers deserve access to beautiful, high-quality open space.

Community Gardener

Just a few blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, NYRP’s Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden is located in the heart of Far Rockaway, Queens. In October 2012, along with the surrounding neighborhood, Seagirt bore the brunt of Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge that devastated the community.

How to Get Involved

From volunteering at a community garden, contributing to a greening initiative, and joining us at an NYRP event, there are many ways to get involved with NYRP. No contribution is too small - when you support New York Restoration Project (NYRP), you're contributing to a cleaner, greener, healthier New York City for all!

Your contribution allows us to restore and revitalize city parks, maintain NYRP's 52 community gardens, plant thousands of trees across the five boroughs and educate children about the benefits of nature – the more you give, the more we can do!

Join New York Restoration Project (NYRP) in planting and caring for trees, cleaning parks, planting flowers in community gardens – even helping out in our office. There’s so much to do and so many chances to get involved!